Holder for moth-repellents.



M. W. COSTELLO.

HOLDER FOR MOTH REPELLENTS.

APPLICATION IILIJD MAY 12, 1910.

984,352. Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

,teleseoping tubes 0t perforated sheet. metal.

STATES @FFKQE MICHAEL W. COSTELLO, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR MOTH-REPELLENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' attentod Help 314, tlbttll.

Application filed May 12, 1910. Serial No. 560,971.

along the entire length of a rowot' garments hanging in a wardrobe or closet, or the en tire length of a trunk in which garments are stored. r I

The invention consists in a moth repellent holder composed of a plurality of telescopic perforated tubes, one slidable in another to vary the length of the holder. The pert'orations are formed to permit a free passage of the odor of the repellent, and the adjust ability of the container enables it to extend along the entire length of the'row oi garments suspended in a wardrobe, whatever the length of the row may be. The adjust-- ability of the holder also enables it to be. placed with garments in a. trunk and to extend the entire length of the trunk whatever the length may be.

The accompanying drawil'ig, forming a part of this specification, represents aperspective view of a repellentholder embodying my invention. I

In the drawing, a and (4' represent. two

The tube (1. is adapted to slide in the tube a so that the two tubes together form a receptacle, the length of which may be varied by moving one tube endwise relatively to the other. The tube 1/. has a closed end or head i) and the tube-u, has a closed end or head 0 which is formed as a removable cap in practice, the described holder will be charged with a moth repellent such as a quantity of the well known moth balls. The pert'ora'tions ot' the device a and a per mit the repellent to act ell'ectively,, while the adjuslability ol the length of the holder l'ormed by said tubes enables it to conform to the extent of the row or accumulation of garments.

When the device is placed in a trunk it is preferably extended so that its ends are in close proximity to the ends of the trunk, the device being adaptable to trunks of various lengths.

it is obvious that the holder may be made of more than two sections if desired, that. is to say, one or more telescoping intermediate sections may be interposed between the end sectimis. 7

It is obvious that the tubes may be made of Woven Wire instead of pcrl m'ated sheet metal. or may be of other toraminous construction. The inner tube is formed to have a close sliding on the inner surface of the, outer. tube, so that when the holder is adjusted to the desired length by sliding the tubes relatively to each other, the length will be maintained by the frictional engagement of one tube with the other.

I claim:

A holder for moth repellent or the like comprising a foraminous tube open at. one end and closed at the other, a second toraminous tube open at both ends and telescopinginto the open end of the first men tioned tube, a removable cap for the outer end of the second tube, an eye secured to the edge of the periphery of the closed end oi the first tube. and an eye secured to the periphcry of said cap. said holder being adapted to be suspended by said eyes beneath the entire length of a. row ,o't' suspended garments.

in testimony whereof l have aflixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

Il/tltl-HAEL W. COSTELLO.

W i tnesses: I l i i C. F. BROWN, P. W. Pnzzn'r'rr. 

